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Private schools and its great popularity amongst Manchester businessmen caused the town to have further success.

Behind it is the post office and library. The town has escaped industry, and because of this the South Yorkshire Joint Railway did not arrive until 1908.

The town also sits on the northern boundaries of the Peak District National Park and beside the estate at Lyme Park (perhaps best known these days for the lake Mr Darcy dived into in the TV version of

No need for the weekly trek to the supermarket and the massive loading of container-sized quantities of groceries into the car; just a short walk to collect what you need for a couple of days.

It was largely rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1675 which destroyed most of the town centre.

This is the main street through the town. The steps used to lead into the post office, but it is now a restaurant and Tourist Information Office.

It is sad that most of the shipbuilding and heavy industry have now gone into decline. The first square-rigger to be built was launched here in 1760.

Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east. It was a quiet village of simple fishermen's cottages until the coming of the railway in 1862.

After the First World War, Aylesbury began developing along the arterial routes into the town.

Middleton was granted a market charter on 23 June 1791 and the market remained here until 1939. Surrounded by shops and inns, the Market Place was the hub of the town for many years.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.

With the introduction of the one-way system, traffic now travels only out of town through the arch. Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Although Alfred Waterhouse's Town Hall dominates the scene, it is the small round building almost in the middle of our picture that intrigues me.

Hockley was a growing town by this time and a parade like this, typical of development in the 1950s, would have been well used.

We are looking up Church Street towards St Mary's Parish Church and the Priory. The printing offices of the Lancaster Guardian was the second building on the right.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

Originally it was called the Flint Gate; then it was re-named after the Grand Old Duke of York and re-built in 1795 by Lord Henniker.

This picture was taken eastwards from the north side of East Street, from Mrs Alice E Gale's musical instrument emporium and fancy repository on the corner with Barrack Street (left).

Beyond it can be seen Widnes's war memorial which lists 818 men from the town who died in the First World War, the youngest a boy aged only 15.

This 7-foot-tall inscribed stone is shown here on the B3269 road - it was moved here from Castle Dore, but has since been moved nearer the town. It is reputed to be of the 6th century.

The Palladian-style Town Hall designed by John Carr dominates the background.

Mac Fisheries, far left, was a regular on TV ads; Marks and Spencer's, built on the City Cinema site, has been open a year, next to Woolworth's, the other High Street favourite.

The ornate canopy in the centre of the view is the Symons & Son building. This has had a variety of uses over the years; a Georgian town house, it was converted to this wonderful edifice in 1890.

The Long Hoe, or Lytham Green, has been preserved over the years, and is one of the great amenities of the town.